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It's not popular with non-party affiliates.
We actually tested this in the state of Florida because DeSantis wants to do the same thing.
Why does DeSantis want to do it?
Well, number one, he's not going to be governor at the end of next year because he turns out and he's trying to stay relevant.
And Donald Trump hates Ron DeSantis.
So now DeSantis is trying to curry favor with him and do anything that he says.
And in fact, you know, it's interesting.
Most Republicans in the state of Florida say we don't want to change our maps.
But what people should know is that the maps in Florida are already gerrymandered.
They're already gerrymandered in our state.
That's what happened two years ago.
And now they want to do it even more.
And the other interesting thing is even congressional Republicans in Florida have come out and said they're not a fan of redistricting.
They think it's going too far, which tells you something.
No, exactly.
It wasn't until Gavin Newsom came up and said, we're going to put forth Proposition 50 that Kevin Kiley and some of his other colleagues came out and said, hey, actually, we're down to work with Democrats to ban gerrymandering.
It's like until it impacted them directly, they didn't give a shit about the entire thing.
And that's part of the issue here.
And look, I think it's important.
We're not here to gaslight people.